Targeting therapies
Analysing the social and normative dimensions of ‘targeted’ approaches to biomedicine and public health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24030567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sone Erikainen (University of Aberdeen), Ilaria Galasso (0000-0002-2789-4708, University College Dublin), Geiger (0000-0002-2400-7333, University College Dublin), Martyn Pickersgill (0000-0001-9807-9148, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 407 |
| Pages | 119703 |
| Publication date | 2026-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119703 |
| OpenAlex | W7202283095 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
NB: We have not included an abstract as this is a Commentary, but we would be happy to do so
Biomedicine · MEDLINE · Normative · Public health · Social medicine · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions · Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials · Health Policy
Inclusion
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“Beyond the State
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Curative justice
Splitting FND
Pathways to personalisation
What lies in the shadows
Why is the pharmaceutical industry investing in targeted therapies? The emergence of “premium pharma”
How and why to use ‘vulnerability’
Contested futures
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Personalised cancer medicine
Recent scientific/intellectual movements in biomedicine
Genetic risk and the birth of the somatic individual
| Highly cited | No |
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